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Definition of Prayer wheel
1. Noun. A cylinder with prayers written on it; each revolution counts as uttering the prayers; used especially by Buddhists in Tibet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prayer Wheel
Literary usage of Prayer wheel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"PRAYER-WHEEL.—This is the European name for the curious device employed by the
Buddhists of the Himalaya. It generally consists of a cylinder revolved by ..."
2. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"PRAYER-WHEEL.—This is the European name for the curious device employed by the
Buddhists of the Himalaya. It generally consists of a cylinder revolved by ..."
3. The Pamirs: Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on by Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore (1893)
"... Bridge and Port—Brilliant Receptions— Naib Wazir of Ladak — Buddhist Prayer
Wheel — Ovis ... prayer wheel ..."
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